Category: Mister Miles

It’s true, I’ve only been at this parenting thing for six and a half years, so I’m pretty certain there are future moments that will top this list. But for now, we have officially experienced the toughest parenting milestone for me yet. Losing a tooth. Miles lost his first (and soon after, his second) tooth…Continue Reading “The Mother of all Milestones”→

My thoughts about planning “second kid” birthdays Planning birthday parties for your second child can be challenging. I sat trying to think of what theme we should use for Finn’s first and was at a loss. I’d already done robots, dinosaurs, and monsters for Miles’ parties and Finn was too young to really have any preferences….Continue Reading “Finn’s First Birthday Party”→

I am writing this while Finn is already 13.5 months old. I had high hopes of photographing Finn in his birthday t-shirt that I made for him along with the gold star balloons from his party, but I never got around to it and our lives got busy and I got very good at making…Continue Reading “Finn | 1 Year”→

This has been a very grown-up month for my Finn! One of my favorite things he’s been doing is pointing at everything! It’s so cute. He points at things he finds interesting, things he wants, things he’s scared of, and things he’s curious about. When we read books (which he’s really been enjoying lately) he…Continue Reading “Finn | 11 Months”→

We are officially walking!!!!! Well I have been walking for something like 30 years, but Finn has been a walker for two whole weeks or there about. He is also flashing around 6 teeth, most of which are coming in from the top. He loves to very deliberately isolate his index finger (or occasionally his…Continue Reading “Finn – 10 Months”→

The other day Steven asked me “Do you realize it’s only a few months until Finn’s first birthday?” I then replied “Hush your mouth!!!” Finn has reached new levels of cuteness and bigness this month. He took his first step a few weeks ago and he can now take anywhere from 3-10 steps in a…Continue Reading “Finn | 9 Months”→

Finn’s amazing qualities just shine brighter as he gets older and I continually fall more in love with him. He has a sweet, contented disposition and a strong, steady determination that keeps him trying and trying no matter what until he masters something. He has mastered crawling and has even mastered standing! He can pull himself up from…Continue Reading “Finn | 8 Months”→

Here we are… half a year old!!! Nah… I think I’ll remain comfortably here in my realm of “denial.” I think we finally have a teether on our hands. Finn has been overall a very chill, happy baby, so it’s odd to have him fussing constantly. He will barely let me out of his sight,…Continue Reading “Finn | 6 Months”→

Based on how often I find myself writing these updates, I should start planning Finn’s first birthday already. But for reals… time goes a gazillion times faster when you have your second kid. I was just realizing that we’re less than a month away from Finn’s 1/2 year. That’s insane to me! The timing of my…Continue Reading “Finn | 5 Months”→

The Monster Party Here are some photos of the party we planned for Miles third birthday. We had a fuzzy monster cake with eyeballs that was inspired by this one I saw on Pinterest. We had some eyeball snacks like these cookies and some dipped rice krispy treats. I attempted to make some monster balloon column/towers and…Continue Reading “Monster Party in Colorful Neon”→

I'm the daughter to a King, wife to a man who makes me laugh, and mother to three kiddos who add joy and fullness to my life. I am a dreamer, a philosopher, an artist and lover of things that stir my soul. I spend most of my days at home with my 2 boys, Miles and Finn, and my daughter, Remi. We make messes (and occasionally clean them up), we giggle, we make pillow piles, and we discuss all things dinosaur. In my "free" time I feed my craving for art with various creative pursuits and indulge my craving for tasty things with coffee, pastries, and every sweet thing from Trader Joe's.